North American Trade Symposium

Ongoing progress between Mexican, U.S. and Canadian authorities to integrate border management policies and procedures has led CBP to consider proposing a tripartite conference, modeled on its popular Trade Symposium, to update industry about their joint efforts, Deputy Commissioner Thomas Winkowski said. In a briefing with reporters, Winkowski laid out the possibility of expanding the forum to Mexico and Canada to help get the cooperation of businesses there and exchange ideas for minimizing the regulatory burden on cross-border trade. CBP’s mission of securing and expediting trade can best be accomplished through cooperation with international partners, and the working relationship with Canadian and Mexican customs au...